Jake Wood

“By not burning their poppy fields to the ground but instead maintaining a security umbrella that international development agencies could safely work…

— Jake Wood

“You are no longer human, with all those depths and highs and nuances of emotion that define you as a person. There…

— Jake Wood

“I was not descending in a plane, coming Home. I was watching an alien world as it ascended towards me - and…

— Jake Wood

“...my ability to trust had been shattered into splinters, its fragmented shards slicing through every darkened recess of my mind, his absolution…

— Jake Wood

“my mind struggled top condense all that had led to me being here. My vocal cords fought to express the memories that…

— Jake Wood

“I feel no emotional connection to these outwardly human gestures. I am not there, because I never left Afghanistan.”

— Jake Wood

“My vocal chords fought to contain the memories that leaked out; I felt the weight off it all pressing down on me.”

— Jake Wood

“My mother describes me as 'a real hero . . . just like your grandfather'. But I do not know what to…

— Jake Wood

“I find that I cannot be in the here and now.”

— Jake Wood

“We were not told how Alexander the Great was the last person in history to successfully 'pacify' what would become Afghanistan, over…

— Jake Wood

“But as much as this is a soldier's reason d'etre, it is not often that you hear a soldier explicitly talk about…

— Jake Wood

“My family says they are proud of me. Of course, I would rather hear this than the contrary, but I cannot say…

— Jake Wood